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BDTTLING MACHINE..

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1900.)

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No. 65l,727.

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BDTTLING MACHINE.

(Application led Mar. 15, 1900.)

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HADOLPH SCHNEIDER, OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO.

BOTTLING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,727, dated June 12,1900.

' Application filed March 15, 1900. Serial No. 8,826. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it 11i/wy concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Trinidad, in the county of Las Animas, in the State ofColorado, have invented new and useful Improvements inBottling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for loot-V tling malt liquors and theobject thereof is to provide a machine that will lill such liquor intobottles automatically without producing foam. I accomplish this objectby the mechanism described herein and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forminga part hereof, in which- Figure lis a perspective viewof my machine applied to a barrel of malt liquor. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the liquor-distributing tank. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig.4 is a longitudinal vert-ical section of the liquordistributing tank.4Fig. 5 4is a cross-section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4 with the top of thetank removed. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of my pressureregulatingvalve on line 6 6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of mySiphon-tube and connecting mechanism. Fig. 8 is a side View of my ballcock-Valve for regulating the quantity of liquor admitted into thedistributingltank, and Fig. 9 is a cross-section ofthe valve. Fig. 10 isa cross-section on line l0 10 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, A` represents a drum charged with compressed air orother expansible gas, having 'cock AA'lto control the flow of airtherefrom, and is, connected by pipe B, preferably a Vflexible piece ofhose, with tapping-bung O, driven 'into barrel D, filled with maltliquor, which permits the airl to be discharged upon the top of theliquor. An air compressor or any other suitable mechanism to supply airor gas under pressure may be substituted for drum A, and for barrel I)any other suitable receptacle may be used. On pipe Bis vacuum-Valve E,which regulates the air-pressure through pipe B.

F is a pressure-gage to indicate the pres` sure in pipe B.

G is a pipe which extends through bung O to the bottom of barrel D. y

G is a cock attached at one of its ports to pipe G for closing theconnection between the barrel and the distributing-tank when it isheight.

necessary to connect a fresh barrel of liquor Y with the machine. To theother port of cock Gis attached pipe H,`preferably a iiexible`Adistributing-tank I. ,Tank I is mounted in iframe .I and is adjustabletherein as to height by set-screws K, which screw into guide- `fiangesL, affixed to the ends of tank I, and

pass through slotsJ' in the frame and clamp said flanges against frameJ. Tank I is preferably constructed in two parts, so that it can beeasily cleaned, which are held together by pivoted bolts M, attachedtothe body-section I of the tank. These bolts turn up and pass throughbifurcated lugs N, affixed to the up-` per portion or cover I of thetank, and when the nuts M are screwed down they engage the lugs and drawthe two parts of the tank together. In order that the joint between theparts shall be perfectly tight, I place a rubber gasket O in the joint.At the top of tank I is pressure-regulating valve P (shown in detail inFig. 6) to regulate the air or gas pressure in tank I. To the top oftank I, preferably at or near valve P, is connected pipe R, havingstop-cock S thereon. On pipe R, between cock S and valve P, ispressure-indicator T. Pipe R is connected with pipe B by pipe U,preferably flexible hose. In the bottom of tank I is a ball-cock V,which controls the admission of liquor intotank I through pipe H and isadapt-ed to prevent the liquor in the tank from rising above apredetermined The Siphon-tube W passes through the spherical pivot X,mounted iu bearings in the side of tank I, and affords means foroscillating the Siphon-tube. On the inner end of tube W is a weight a tocause the end of tube Wto carry iiexible rubber cup b into liquor-tightcontact with the bottom of tank I to prevent any liquor passing throughor out of tube W when the siphonis not in use. Aflixed to the casing ofspherical pivot X is bar c, the end ot' which is bifurcated and turnedatright angles to the body portion, forming arms c toreceive and holdthe neck of bottle lt when it is being filled with liquor. It'preferred, bar c could be attached to tank I. Aiiixed to tube W ischamber d, preferably cylindrical and closed at one end, in

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which is mounted spring e, adapted to force gasket g upon the' mouth ofbottle 7L when placed in themachine and make an air-tight joint betweenthe bottle and the tube. Gasket g surrounds tube W and has a slidingmovementV thereon and is constructed of vrub- It has a cylindricalopening therein, adapted to tit over the mouth of the bottle, whichterminates in` an annular wedge-shaped groove g', the inner part of thegasket, which forms the groove, being adapted to be wedged between theinner side of the mouth of the bottle and the Siphon-tube when presseddownward by spring e and the outer portion to pass over the mouth.- Thisconstruction enables the formation of an air-tight joint between thebottle, the gasket, and the siphon-tube when the top of the bottle isnot perfectly even or when chipped. Any other form of gasket thatwillmake the joint between the tube and bottle may be used instead of theform shown.

By mounting spring E in such manner as to give the proper pressure onthe gasketchamber d could be dispensed with.

'L' is a small air-vent tube which preferably enters tube W within tankI and terminates in an opening t a short distance from. the

vin the bottle, which automatically ceases as `soonas it rises highenough to cover opening i'. The inner end of tube projects above theliquor in tank I at all times. On tube t', preferably within tank I andbefore it enters s I tube W, is `cheek-valve k, which permits the air toflow therethrough into tank I when-the bottle is beingfilled andprevents its flow in the opposite direction.

My machine is operated as follows: A bar- Y rel'of. malt liqu/ai` isconnected to the bottlingmachine, as shown in Fig. 1. The air or gaspressureis then regulated to, say, five pounds, asv indicated by gages Fand T. Cock S is then closed, and valve P is set at a pressure,

say, of foul'v and one-half pounds, that will permit the tive poundspressure on thetop of the liquor `in barrel D to force the same intotank I until the flow is automatically cut Off .by ball-cock V, when themachine isready for filling bottles. A bottle is then placed on the endof the Siphon-tube, and gasket g is pushed upy far enough to permit theneck of the bottle to be placed in the arms c', Wherel itis Securelyheld 'by the retractile force of spring e. The .movement of the tube W,

caused by placing the neck of the bottlel in arms c', causes the innerend thereof Yto detach cup b from the bottom of tank vI and rise yhighenough so that the liquor is forced through tube Winto theA bottle,where it dis places the air and forces it out through tube i until theliquor rises to the opening t" thereof, whenl the bottle is filled andshould be removed. The removal of the bottle* causes the inner end ofthe Siphon-tube to bring cup b' into contact .with 'the bottom of tankI, Where it is securely held by the weight a, until anotherbottleisplaced in position to be filled. The air that is forced out of thebottle is permitted to escape through valve P, so that there is alwaysmaintained an even difference of pressure between the tank and thebarrel, and the liquor is prevented from foaming by the even steadypressure on the liquor in the l bottle.

I have illustrated in the drawings a machine for holding four bottles atone time; but it is obvious that the machine may be made to hold anydesired number of bottles.

' Having described -my invent-ion, V4what I claim isf l. A machine forbottling malt liquors, comprising suitable means to supplv air underpressure, a pipe connecting such air-supply with a tapping-bung; atapping-bungadaptedY to be driven intoareceptacle for holdingmaltliquor, and to permit air to pass therethrough on the top of the liquor;a pipe extending through said tapping-bung to the bottom of' thereceptacle holding the liquor, a cock on the upper end of the pipeextending through said bung, a pipe connecting said cock wit-h -a liquor-distribu ting tank, a liquor-distribut .ing tank, spherical pivotsconnected to said tank by the casing tl1ereof siphon-tubes'ex- `tendingthrough said spherical pivots in airtight contact therewith, partlywithin and partly without said tank, and having a verti-` cal movement;a flexible cup-.packing on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, a weighton the inner ends of said siphonftubes adapted to hold the packingthereon in contact with the bottom of said tank when there is no 'bottleon the outer end of the tube, a bar tle and the Siphon-tube, and anair-vent tube, 'partly within the Siphon-tube and partly in thedistributing-tank, adapted to permit the air in the liquor-space in thebottle to pass into the distributingtank, substantially as describedherein. v v l v 2. In a' machine for bottling malt'liquors, combinationof a suitable means to supply air under pressure, a pipe connecting suchair-supply with a tapping-bung; a tapping- IOO IIO

bung adapted to be driven into a receptacle for holding malt liquor; apipe extending through said tapping-bung to the bottom of thereceptacleholding the liquor, a cock on the upper end of the pipe extendingthrough said bung, a pipe connecting said cock with aliquor-distributing tank, a liquor-distributing tank, spherical pivotsconnected to said tank by the casing thereof, Siphon-tubes extendingthrough said spherical pivots in airtight contact therewith, partlywithin and partly without said tank, and having a vertical movement; atiexible cup-packing on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, a weight onthe inner ends of said `Siphon-tubes adapted to hold the packing thereonin contact with the bottom of said tank'when there is no bottle on theouter end of the tube, a bar having a bifnrcated end attached to thecasing of the spherical pivots, adapted to receive and hold a bottlewhile being filled; a chamberon the outer end of the Siphon-tubeintermediate the spherical pivots and the arms of the botl tlc-holdingbar a gasket in said chamber; a

spring in said chamber above said gasket adapted to force the gasketonto the month of the bottle when held in the arms of the bottle-holdingbar, and make an air-tight vjoint between the bottle and theSiphon-tube,

the liquor in said barrel; barrel D; pipe G adapted to pass through bungC and into barrel D to the bottom thereof; cock G attached to pipes GandH; pipe H attached to cock G and distributing-tank I; spherical pivots Xin bearings affixed to the casing of said tank; Siphon-tubes, partlywithin and partly without said tank, passing through said pivots; Weighta and cup b on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, and chambers d,springs e, gaskets g surrounding said Siphontubes exterior said tank;tubes 't' partly within and partly without. said Siphon-tubes;check-valves c'on tubes t; and bottle-holding bar c having arms c', anddistributingtank l.

4. In a machine for bottling malt liquors,

the combination of a distributing-tank, a spherical pivot connectedthereto and a bottle-holding arm aiiixed to the casing of said sphericalpivot,a Siphon-tube passing through said spherical pivot, an air-venttube partly within and partly without said Siphon-tube, a check-valve onsaid vent-tube, a weight and a flexible packing on the inner end of saidSiphon-tube, a gasket, adapted to surround and move on said Siphon-tube;a spring on said Siphon-tube adapted to cause the gasket to produce anair-tight joint between the bottle and Siphon-tube, with a bottle and asuitable liquor-supply, and means to apply pressure thereto to force theliquor into the bottle.

In witness thatl claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name,this 8th day of March, 1900, at Los Angeles, California.

Y ADOLPH SCHNEIDER.

Vitnesses: i

G. E. HARPHAM, M. MCGINNIS.

